Gov. Rick Perry’s non-campaign for president is going full speed, highlighted by a new interview in which Perry clarifies his “fine with me” comments he made on New York’s approval of gay marriage.

Perry, whose states’-rights stand on gay marriage caused angst among social conservaties, told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins that “it’s fine with me that a state is using their sovereign rights to decide an issue. Obviously, gay marriage is not fine with me.”

Perry also has “put out feelers” about the possibility of taking part in an Aug. 11 Iowa debate, Politico reported, adding that he didn’t indicate he’d actually participate and is unlikely to announce by then. (About this point, Perry may be wishing he had a little debate practice in his last race for governor after all.)

More potential campaign money people were expected in Austin today. Earlier this week, Perry met with people from Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee. Next week, the Associated Press reports, a New Hampshire delegation is coming and Politico says a group of Wall Street executives also will troop to Austin.

Tomorrow, Perry is scheduled to speak at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, on a bill with former Sen. Rick Santorum (who tweeted after Perry’s initial remarks on same-sex marriage, “So Gov Perry, if a state wanted to allow polygamy or if they chose to deny heterosexuals the right to marry, would that be OK too?”)

The swirl prompted the Quorum Report’s Harvey Kronberg earlier this week to weigh in with this assessment: “Gov. Perry is no longer exploring a campaign for the presidency, he is assembling one.”

SMU political science professor Cal Jillson said he believes Perry intends to run, noting that he’s “doing everything that would be required to put a campaign together.”

He said he believes Perry is waiting to see how his Houston prayer rally goes, in case there’s any “explaining and cleaning up” he has to do after participants there expound on God, man, Texas and the United States.